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ReviewAsian Pacific journal of tropical biomedicine2014

Nanotechnology: an effective tool for enhancing bioavailability and bioactivity of phytomedicine.

Thirumurugan Gunasekaran, Tedesse Haile, Tedele Nigusse, Magharla Dasaratha Dhanaraju

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Review in Asian Pacific journal of tropical biomedicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 102 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Thirumurugan GunasekaranDepartment of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia.
Tedesse HaileDepartment of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia.
Tedele NigusseDepartment of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia.
Magharla Dasaratha DhanarajuResearch Lab, GIET School of Pharmacy, NH-5, Chaitanya Nagar, Rajahmundry-533294, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To achieve the desired therapeutic objective, the drug product must deliver the active drug at an optimal rate and amount. By proper biopharmaceutic design, the rate and extent of drug absorption (also called as bioavailability) or the systemic delivery of drugs to the body can be varied from rapid and complete absorption to slow and sustained absorption depending upon the desired therapeutic objective. Phytomedicine have served as the foundation for a larger fraction of the current pharmacopeia. But the delivery of phytomedicine is always problematic due to poor aqueous solubility, poor permeation, low systemic availability, instability and extensive first pass metabolism. Current review will discuss in detail about how nanotechnology can enhance the bioavilability and bioactivity of the phytomedicine.

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BioactivityBioavailabilityNanotechnologyPhytomedicine

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PMID25183064
PMCPMC4025268

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